Additional Resources
Free-write/discussion prompts:
Ask students to respond to the following statements based on what they’ve learned about microaggressions and inequality during the microaggressions unit and/or other similar units covered in your class.
1 “What is the difference between microaggressions and joking? What is the harm if my friends know I’m joking?”
2 “If microaggressions are subtle or unconscious then how do I know if I am engaging in one?”
3 “I have the right to speak my mind. Altering my speech and actions for others is oppressive for me”
4 “Is it appropriate to engage with someone if I witness or experience a microaggression?”
5 “Someone should just tell me if I say something off. It’s their job to tell me how to respond.”
6 “White people encounter racially based microaggressions all the time”
Academic Sources
Solorzano, Daniel, Miguel Ceja, and Tara Yosso. 2000. “Critical Race Theory, Racial Microggressions, and Campus Racial Climate: The Experiences of African American College Students.” The Journal of Negro Education 69(1):60-73.
Sue, Derald Wing. 2010. Microaggressions in Everday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Ballinas, Jorge. 2017. “Where Are You From and Why are You Here?”. Sociological Inquiry. 87(2):385-410.
Hughey, Matthew W., Jordan Rees, Devon R. Gross, Michael L. Rosino and Ema Lesser. 2017. “Making Everyday Microaggressions: An Exploratory Experimental Vignette Study on the Presence and Power of Racial Microaggressions.” Sociological Inquiry 87(2):303-336.
Radio/podcast
Gross, Terry and Jordan Peele. 2017. “ ‘Get Out’ Sprang From an Effort to Master Fear.”
Run-time: 43:57
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=520130162
Rao, Sameer. 2016. “Listen: Solange Discusses the Microaggressions That Inspired ‘A Seat at the Table’” 1 page article with interview attached. Interview runtime is 1 hour and 14 minutes
Most relevant clip from ~40-48:30
http://www.colorlines.com/articles/listen-solange-discusses-microaggressions-inspired-seat-table
Popular Press
Friedersdorf, Conor. 2015. “The Rise of Victimhood Culture.” From The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-rise-of-victimhood-culture/404794/
Friedersdorf, Conor. 2016. “Is ‘Victimhood Culture’ a Fair Description?” From The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/the-problems-with-the-term-victimhood-culture/406057/
Jaschik, Scott. 2016. “When Latina Student Wrote ‘Hence’, Her Professor Assumed Plagiarism” From Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/31/latina-students-story-about-how-professor-reacted-word-hence-sets-debate-stereotypes
Nigatu, Heben. 2013. “21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis.” From Buzzfeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/racial-microagressions-you-hear-on-a-daily-basis?utm_term=.gc09rM8eB
Rockquemore, Kerry Ann. 2016. “Allies and Microaggressions: When You See Microaggressions Occurring Against Colleagues, How should You Respond? Kerry Ann Rockquemore Offers Guidance.” From Inside Higher Education. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/04/13/how-be-ally-someone-experiencing-microaggressions-essay
Saul, Stephanie. 2016. “Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults.” From The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/campuses-cautiously-train-freshmen-against-subtle-insults.html
Torres, Alec. 2014. “Never Heard of it? You May Be Guilty of it.” From National Review. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370078/microaggression-alec-torres
Zamudio-Suarez. 2016. “What Happens When Your Research is Featured on ‘Fox and Friends’” From the Chronicle of Higher Ed. http://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Happens-When-Your/236949